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Michael Press
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In article <[email protected]>,
!Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:34:51 -0500, in rec.bicycles.tech "Edward
> Dolan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Usenet will soon be as dead as a door nail. It has no redeeming features
> >whatsoever. It only existed for as long as it did because it was based on a
> >new technology that fascinated everyone.
>
> Actually, it is based on a protocol that predates TCP/IP. By Internet
> standards, it's ancient... its roots are in the earliest propagation
> algorithms of MILNET; it was fully functional by around '78 or so.
> Far from being "a new technology that fascinat everyone", Usenet is
> an anachronism!
Seven bit ascii? No mark up? No images? Disgusting!
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Michael Press
!Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:34:51 -0500, in rec.bicycles.tech "Edward
> Dolan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Usenet will soon be as dead as a door nail. It has no redeeming features
> >whatsoever. It only existed for as long as it did because it was based on a
> >new technology that fascinated everyone.
>
> Actually, it is based on a protocol that predates TCP/IP. By Internet
> standards, it's ancient... its roots are in the earliest propagation
> algorithms of MILNET; it was fully functional by around '78 or so.
> Far from being "a new technology that fascinat
> an anachronism!
Seven bit ascii? No mark up? No images? Disgusting!
--
Michael Press